In this video, acTVism Munich asks former MI5-Officer, Annie Machon, and Paul Jay, founder of the Real News Network, whether social media is safe for people to use given what was revealed to the public in the wake of Snowden’s revelations in 2013.
For the English article, visit the original source: The Intercept
For the English version of this text, visit the original source: Wikileaks: https://wikileaks.org/nsa-201602/
In this video Glenn Greenwald analyzes the Internet’s potential. He considers it as as an “incredibly valuable tool” for democratic participation & liberalization but also surfaces the dangers that it can pose if it falls into the hands of unaccountable & concentrated power. According to Greenwald there’s a “battle that is being waged” between the […]
Greenwald: Social Media, Edward Snowden, Activism & Journalism and Solutions Glenn Greenwald is an American lawyer, journalist and author. In June 2013 Greenwald became widely known after The Guardian published the first of a series of reports detailing United States and British global surveillance programs, based on classified documents disclosed by Edward Snowden. The series […]
In this video acTVism Munich interviews William Binney to talk about his experience at the National Security Agency (NSA) where worked for circa 36 years and how he uncovered fraud, crime and corruption at the agency. Other issues that are discussed in detail include the role & significance of whistleblowers in society, scope & capacity of the US intelligence state and solutions that the government as well as the individual can employ to reform the NSA.